Taiwan faces the longest slump in exports since 2008

Mar 08, 2016 01:01 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Trade data out yesterday showed that exports continued to contract sharply in Feb16, by -11.9% (YoY). Combining Jan-Feb16, exports fell -12.4% on average, a slightly smaller rate compared to -13.9% in 4Q15. But this was...

ECB to lower projections for growth and inflation at March 10th meet and take further action

Mar 07, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Euroarea headline inflation in February slipped back into negative territory, came in at -0.2% from +0.5% in January. Core inflation unexpectedly plunged 0.3pp to +0.7%, just above the all-time low (+0.6%) reached in...

How stolen treasure kick-started the Bank of England

Mar 04, 2016 17:03 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis

Most people think that the Bank of England has always been there, a national institution set in stone. The truth is much stranger. It began with the fortunes of a treasure hunter and the scheming of a get-rich-quick...

Currency War Series

BoC will probably leave interest rates unchanged next week

Mar 04, 2016 16:33 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Loonie tumbled more than 12% against the USD from the middle of October 2015 through the middle of January 2016 in a more or less one-way move. Import prices are rising on the back of the weaker currency, thus also...

Metal Supply & Demand Series

China National People’s Congress will continue to boost metal prices

Mar 04, 2016 14:32 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Chinas National Peoples Congress is to Convene in Beijing on Saturday. Among other things, the government will be presenting its next five-year plan for the years 2016-2020 there. The proceedings would provide crucial...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

FED Hike Aftermath Series: inflation expectation rises sharply

Mar 04, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

When it comes to inflation, we at FxWirePro, arent much of a dove. In the longer run, we expect all these central bank stimulus will eventually lead to higher inflation. So far, only thing that has been preventing such...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

FED Hike Aftermath Series: Market just shy of pricing a September hike

Mar 04, 2016 11:02 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Market mood seems to have changed. We are getting lot of evidence of such. We had expected a much larger correction this time around and fundamentally speaking it was due but it seems the bears or the correction callers...